Before million-dollar acquisitions of lesbian debut features, before three-picture deals and Oscars for queer Columbia University Film School grads, gay and lesbian filmmakers had few filmmaking opportunities, let alone distribution options. This program features early works by directors who either got their start at Frameline or who allowed their film to be distributed by Frameline because they shared a belief in the work we do. The '70s is a program of shorts produced in the 1970s. Combined, they are a collection of bitter­ sweet reflections on childhood and adoles­cent sexual identity. Jan Oxenberg's (Thank You and Goodnight) Home Movie is found footage of a family with a voice-over com­menting wryly on schoolgirl images: cheer­leading, dating, first crushes. Children by Terence Davies (Distant Voices, Still Lives; The Long Day Closes) is less play­ful, reflecting on domestic and social violence and the conflict between religion and sexual­ity. Renowned Israeli director Amos Guttman's (Amazing Grace) first short film, A Safe Place, explores a high school boy's struggle with his emerging gay identity.